Mysterious Cities Of Gold
Daniel:
[based on having watched episodes 1-12]
I've heard this series described as a young shoujo version of Ranma. Basically, I agree.
This series is a situation comedy about an idol singer who is also a martial arts specialist and the heiress to a troubled Dojo named Nagisa Shiratori who cuts her hair and dresses up as a boy in order to go to a normal school without being recognised. There she meets and falls in love with a boy from a rival school who is the heir to a competing Dojo.
This series is full of sub-plots, and has a whole selection of very funny minor characters, and it often parodies other anime series such as Ranma 1/2 and Rurouni Kenshin. One of the most charming things about Chou Kuseninarisou, in my opinion, is the way in which it parodies and makes fun of things that are considered to be very Japanese- idol singers, Kabuki, Zen, Samurai culture, anime transformations, etc.
This is not a particularly deep or profound anime, not at all in the style of the 'intellectual' animes we are seeing so much of nowadays in Japan such as Neon Genesis Evangelion or Vision of Escaflowne. It's good, light fun, though; and I heartily recommend it for those who like their anime light, cute, and funny.
Alon:
"I'll make a habit of it" is a cute anime that deals with an aspect in the Japanese culture that we in Israel aren't familier with: teen idols. All in all it's funny (not ranma yet, but still funny), and has weird jokes like in Project A ko. Worth a shot.
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